| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Albite |
| Formula: | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Comments: | Major component of the pegmatites. Crystals mainly as micros in small vugs, sometimes colored pale blue by included fine-grained elbaite. |
| Habit: | blocky microcrystals in small vugs |
| Colour: | colorless to white, blue - caused by inclusions of fine elbaite |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 40 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 5 |
| Beryl | 27 |
| Muscovite | 26 |
| Opal | 17 |
| - var Opal-AN | 17 |
| Microcline | 16 |
| Metatorbernite | 12 |
| Schorl | 11 |
| Spessartine | 7 |
| Microlite Group | 7 |
| Elbaite | 4 |
| Almandine | 4 |
| Columbite-(Fe) | 3 |
| Fluorapatite | 3 |
| Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | 2 |
| Uraninite | 2 |
| Zircon | 2 |
| - var Cyrtolite | 2 |
| Albite | 1 |
| - var Cleavelandite | 1 |
| Grayite | 1 |
| Lepidolite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Albite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (9 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 254945 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:254945:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Albite |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSimpson prospect #1, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSimpson prospect #2, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSimpson prospect #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘGriswold Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘPegmatite prospect #6, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHusband Quarry #4, Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry #2, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘGas pipeline excavation, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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Simpson Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA